Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
1971 live album by Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas is a live album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded at Caesars Palace [ 3] and released on December 22, 1971,[ 1] by Columbia Records . All but five of the 23 songs performed had appeared on his studio albums, while the five previously unrecorded songs (described below) have not appeared on a Mathis studio album since.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated February 5, 1972, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 128.[ 5]
Reception
Billboard felt that "Mathis's act is beautifully captured on this two-record set."[ 4]
Track listing
All tracks were recorded May 20–22, 1971.[ 1]
Side one
"In the Morning " (Barry Gibb ) – 3:22
Medley – 4:40 a. "(They Long to Be) Close to You " (Burt Bacharach , Hal David ) b. "We've Only Just Begun " (Roger Nichols , Paul Williams )
Medley – 4:29 a. "Dreamy" (Erroll Garner , Sydney Shaw) b. "Misty " (Johnny Burke , Garner)
"Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 2:20
Side two
"(Where Do I Begin) Love Story " (Francis Lai , Carl Sigman ) – 3:00
"April in Paris " (Vernon Duke , E.Y. "Yip" Harburg ) – 3:32
"Day In, Day Out " (Johnny Mercer , Rube Bloom ) – 3:01
Side three
Medley – 8:52 a. "The Twelfth of Never " (Jerry Livingston , Paul Francis Webster ) b. "Wild Is the Wind " (Dimitri Tiomkin , Ned Washington ) c. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) d. "It's Not for Me to Say " (Robert Allen , Al Stillman ) e. "Chances Are " (Allen, Stillman) f. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us) " (Larry Kusik , Nino Rota , Eddie Snyder ) g. "Tonight " (Leonard Bernstein , Stephen Sondheim ) h. "Dulcinea" (Joe Darion , Mitch Leigh ) i. "The Impossible Dream (The Quest) " (Darion, Leigh) j. "Wonderful! Wonderful! " (Sherman Edwards , Ben Raleigh)
"And Her Mother Came Too" from A to Z (Ivor Novello , Dion Titheradge ) – 2:49
Side four
"I Got Love" from Purlie (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 3:34
"Maria " (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 3:54
"If We Only Have Love" (Eric Blau , Jacques Brel , Mort Shuman ) – 5:05
"If We Only Have Love" (instrumental) – 1:23
"In the Morning " was recorded by the Bee Gees in 1966.[ 6] "Dreamy" had previously been recorded by Erroll Garner ,[ 7] Eileen Farrell ,[ 8] and Sarah Vaughan .[ 9] Lena Horne included "Come Runnin'" on a live album in 1957.[ 10] "And Her Mother Came Too" was first performed in the 1921 musical A to Z ,[ 11] and "I Got Love" originated in the 1970 musical Purlie .[ 12]
Personnel
Source:[ 3]
References
^ a b c d (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
^ a b "In Person - Recorded Live at Las Vegas - Johnny Mathis" . allmusic.com . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2013 .
^ a b c (1972) Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KG 30979.
^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard . 1972-01-29. p. 67.
^ Whitburn 2010 , p. 844.
^ "Gibb Songs: 1966" . Gibb Songs . Columbia.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2013 .
^ (1957) Other Voices by Erroll Garner [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CL 1014
^ (1961) Here I Go Again by Eileen Farrell [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8453
^ (1960) Dreamy by Sarah Vaughan [album jacket]. New York: Roulette Records R 50246
^ (1957) Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria by Lena Horne [album jacket]. New York: RCA Records RD 27021
^ "A to Z" . The Guide to Musical Theatre . Retrieved 27 March 2013 .
^ "Purlie" . ibdb.com . The Broadway League. Retrieved 27 March 2013 .
Bibliography
Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition , Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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